New York Magazine observes: The usually buttoned-up Financial Times took a time machine to the days of jiggy rap in a front-page opinion piece today, declaring — with all the style of parents who say "Fiddy" — "G-Dawg splashes tax cuts like P Diddy with champagne but banks miss out on the bling." It gets better (worse?).
"George Osborne could reinvent himself as a rapper if
politics loses its appeal," reads the real editorial, the substance of
which is completely overshadowed. "Easily as posh as hip-hop DJ Tim
Westwood, he sprinkled his Budget — sorry “Autumn Statement” — with shout-outs
to his posse (the MPs for Hereford, Burnley and Thurrock). And he laid claim to
business as the home turf of the Tories with all the knuckle-headed bombast of
50 Cent." See also: homies; Dom Pérignon; blingiest; the business ‘hood;
beef; and, for whatever reason, Boy George….
Far Out! For more? Go to http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/12/financial-times-uses-rap-slang-from-last-century.html
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